"In the president's speech the sentence "I hope that Afrin will have completely fallen by the evening" should be understood as "the encirclement will have been completed by the evening", said a presidential source in a message to media, asking not to be named. "If they do encircle the city, we will be ready for a long fight".

Turkey launched a military offensive into the border enclave on January 20 to drive out Syrian Kurdish forces that it considers to be "terrorists" and an extension of Kurdish rebels fighting inside Turkey.

The assault has anxious world powers, who fear it could detract from the fight against IS and was indiscriminately hurting civilians.

France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Tuesday warned Turkey that concerns over security "absolutely do not justify" the scale of its offensive in Syria.

Pro-Turkish forces have seized several border areas and have nearly fully encircled the city of Afrin.

"We will clear Afrin of terrorists, clear Manbij, and east of the Euphrates River to our border with northern Iraq, we will rid the terrorists from all of them the same way".

Abu Jaafar, a commander in the pro-Ankara forces waging Operation Olive Branch, said rebels were considering leaving an "exit route" for civilians.

Turkey is riled by USA support to the YPG, and accuses the US of allegedly not fulfilling a promise to move the Syrian Kurdish fighters in Manbij east of the Euphrates River.

The move was in response to the failure of a UN-approved humanitarian ceasefire to take hold despite backing from Russian Federation, which is helping Syria's offensive in Eastern Ghouta, a rebel enclave on the outskirts of the capital.

The UN Security Council passed a resolution last month calling for a 30-day truce to allow for aid deliveries and medical evacuations from the enclave, but the ceasefire demand went unheeded.

The Syrian government and the Russian military have set up a corridor outside the besieged eastern Ghouta to arrange the evacuation from the area which is home to some 400,000 people.

"More than 2,000 civilians have arrived in the area of Nubul" controlled by pro-regime forces, it said, adding that hundreds more were still on the road.

The rebel faction controlling Eastern Ghouta's main town of Douma, Jaish al-Islam, said a group of "critical medical cases" would be evacuated though the Wafideen checkpoint at the edge of the enclave. As a fellow permanent U.N. Security Council member, Russian Federation has vetoed a number of resolutions targeting Assad's government and has accused the insurgents of shelling nearby Damascus city.

They said no one walking out will be disciplined or marked tardy if they're following the rules set by their individual schools. More than 300 sixth, seventh and eighth grade students have been preparing for the peaceful demonstration for weeks.

Runner-up prizes are also up for grabs, which include limited edition £300 (over $400) Sea of Thieves golden "doubloons". You can, of course, attempt to go it alone with this quest but we've been informed these riddles won't be easy work.

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His release would come with no dead money against the cap. " Jordy Nelson is one of the great Packers who have played here". Nelson, who turns 33 on May 31, emerged as one of the NFL's most risky wideouts with Aaron Rodgers throwing him the ball.

Locations not participating in Pi Day are Disney Springs, Houston Airport, UCLA, Staples Center, and George Mason University. Cici's Pizza Buffet: Participating locations have a coupon for a $3.14 dine-in buffet with the purchase of an adult buffet.

The Google doodle is celebrating Pi day in honour of the never ending sequence of numbers that forms a cornerstone of mathematics. Today's Google Doodle commemorates the 30th anniversary of the first official Pi Day.

Likewise, 549 provincial assembly members were eligible to exercise their franchise in the presidential election this afternoon. Even this time, Oli strongly stood by her, arguing that she is "too young to retire" and must be elected for another term.

It's unclear from the data why the county declined in rank, because numerous health outcome measures changed little. The rankings are based on a series of factors such as access to quality education, jobs and housing.

The free-agent market's best running back, Dion Lewis, is also off the board, as he'll sign a four-year deal with the Titans. He's never panned out as a full-time runner, but McKinnon showed how dynamic he could be in the right situation a year ago.

Bayern legend Elber expects Lewandowski stay
You could say that it's easy to score goals at Bayern, because the other teams are not good enough, but you still have to deliver. Bayern have advanced to at least the quarterfinals of the Champions League every season since the 2011-12 season.

Seahawks will move on from DeShawn Shead
But, instead of holding on to him, the Seahawks have chose to let him test free agency this offseason. He joined Seattle as an undrafted rookie in 2012 and played at Portland State.